The Martin Chronicles first fully acknowledges that the job of any city attorney is to protect the interests of the city. We also understand that city attorneys can be in a difficult spot because they "serve at the pleasure of the mayor". The question about the Villa Hills' city attorney is just what kind of service is he providing?
Mayor Mike Martin announced that he was going to exercise his "emergency powers" to hire a new police officer for his already-depleted police department. As we previously reported, Martin has known for some time that the officer was leaving. We also reported, despite knowing that, Martin told the chairman of the city's duly enacted Civil Service Commission to focus their search efforts only on finding candidates for the open city clerk position.
We think it is fair to say that Martin is, well, not all that bright. We believe his knowledge of "emergency power" is limited to what he uses on a temporary basis when installing a new 220 hookup at the house of a civic club pal.
So from where did this "emergency powers" scheme to do a highly questionable end-run around the civil service commission come?
Several sources are convinced that this scheme is the brainchild of the city attorney.
